Daphne du Maurier’s disturbing relationship with father told by old friend MICHAEL THORNTON

The opening line of Rebecca is among the most evocative in the whole of English fiction: ‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’ I vividly remember the day in 1965 when I sat in the long drawing room at Menabilly, the Cornish manor house that had partly inspired the fictional Manderley, listening as … Read more